On 10/3/22 1:54 PM, Jawaid Bazyar wrote:
Because it's illegal for common carriers to block traffic otherwise.
Wait, what? It's illegal to police their own users? Mike
On 10/3/22, 2:53 PM, "NANOG on behalf of Michael Thomas" <nanog-bounces+jbazyar=verobroadband.com@nanog.org on behalf of mike@mtcc.com> wrote:
On 10/3/22 1:34 PM, Sean Donelan wrote: > 'Fines alone aren't enough:' FCC threatens to blacklist voice > providers for flouting robocall rules > > https://www.cyberscoop.com/fcc-robocall-fine-database-removal/ > > [...] > “This is a new era. If a provider doesn’t meet its obligations under > the law, it now faces expulsion from America’s phone networks. Fines > alone aren’t enough,” FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a > statement accompanying the announcement. “Providers that don’t follow > our rules and make it easy to scam consumers will now face swift > consequences.” > > It’s the first such enforcement action by the agency to reduce the > growing problem of robocalls since call ID verification protocols > known as “STIR/SHAKEN” went fully into effect this summer. > [...]
Why did we need to wait for STIR/SHAKEN to do this?
Mike